Unlike most animals, whales are conscious
breathers. All mammals sleep, but whales
cannot afford to become unconscious for
long because they may drown. It is thought
that only one hemisphere of the whaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
brain sleeps at a time, so they rest but are
never completely asleep.

A baby blue whale drinks approximately 130 gallons of milk each day.

It is nearly impossible to
tell the age of a whale just
by looking at it, but there
are other methods of aging
whales. The longest-living
whale species is thought to
be the bowhead whale, which
may live to over 200 years
old!

A single breath from a Blue Whale adult is enough to
inflate 2000 balloons.

The Blue Whale's heart is the
size of a small car, its tongue
the size of an African Elephant, and its major artery,
the aorta, is large enough
for a small child to climb
through.

In Oklahoma, it is against the
law to hunt whales.

Originally whales were hunted for
oil and meat by whalers all over
the world. this was common
practice until there was a global
ban put on whaling because of
devistation to the population. there
was a fear that they would later
become extinct. whales have also
been hunted for bones or baleen.
The bones was used for a variety
of things but most common was
corsets.

Some species, such as the humpback whale, communicate
using melodic sounds, known as whale song. These sounds
can be extremely loud, depending on the species. Sperm
whales have only been heard making clicks, while toothed
whales use echolocation that can generate about 20,000
watts of sound and be heard for many miles.